Meta Cutting 600 AI Jobs to move faster

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45669719

Is this like The Mythical Man Month? If adding developers to a late project makes it later will removing them speed it up? Or does changing anything disturb progress?

I don't think it is a reversible process.

less people but downsizing deliverables? yes

Hopefully the ones you let go are not impacting the pool of actual required skills and knowledge.

There’s also the claim that when layoffs are looming the better people leave, even if the organization wants to retain them.

https://archive.fo/gZHX3

makes sense - probably cost a billion per year